Zulu team didn't know what to make of their situation. Z one looked up to the sky and what he saw didn't give him any comfort at all. Thousands of Covenant drop ships were inbound all over the planet and he knew that it was only a matter of time before the planet was glassed. Z one, also known as Eric, looked at his squad and he knew the look on each one of his squad mates face even through the visor that each Spartan wore. Zulu two, Mark "tank" would have had a bored look on his face; he always looked bored when something exciting was happening. Zulu three, Kate would be biting her lower lip and glancing from side to side as she did when she was nervous Zulu four, Ana would be blinking quickly as if she had a bug in them (for all the squad knew she could have). Zulu five, Tyler would have a quirked eyebrow and Zulu six, Jason would be mouthing lyrics to some song or other (he was the teams portable stereo). Eric knew that ONI had sent them to die here on Reach and that was something that he was not willing to do. His squad had been together ever since training at the age of 8; all six of them had found each other shortly after Dr. Hasely brought them together at the training facility and decided that they would be the best of friends. Nothing had changed that. Even when John had become team leader of all the Spartans they still stayed together and did all the missions that were set against them as a team; and they were next to invincible. Now they were standing here waiting on his word and next command hoping against hope that they would somehow survive this new mission. They all knew what was coming; they'd seen it dozens of times. The Covenant sent down troops to try and acquire intelligence on earth, recall them and then glass the planet when they decided there was nothing to gain. The knowledge that the troops were being sent down to Reach told them that the Orbital MAC guns had not been enough to stop the space fleet and the planet would soon be destroyed. Not the most comforting thought that they had ever had. Zulu team had been dropped in the middle of a small town and were told to secure the library and wipe the memory of every computer regardless if it had information regarding earth or not. If there was not enough time to wipe the hard drives then they were to blow up the library so that no one could ever recover anything ever again. Eric finally made a decision
" Tank set the nuke in the library, Kate grab us a pelican if there is one around and if not find a way to jack one of those Covenant ships. Ana find any electronics you can and make sure you have the tools to work with. The rest of you, get ready for company"
Affirmatives crowded his helmet mike as Zulu moved out to follow their orders. Eric looked up and saw that the drop ships were getting closer and closer. Within minutes they would be overrun and there would be no way they could survive.
We better find a way off this death trap.